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On December 15, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein donated face masks and NYS Clean hand sanitizer to the QSAC Preschool and Early Childhood Center in Douglaston.
On December 13, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein attended the Chabad of Northeast Queens Annual Menorah Lighting at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center.
On November 1, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein co-sponsored a PPE Giveaway at Le Havre On the Water with Senator John C. Liu.
On October 30, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein joined Congresswoman Grace Meng in calling for the enactment of the Federal RESTAURANTS Act, which would provide funding to help restaurants and drinking establishments recover from devastating losses due to the pandemic.
On October 27, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein joined his colleagues in congratulating Commonpoint Queens on delivering one million pounds of food from its emergency pantries in Forest Hills and Little Neck.
On October 26, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein joined his colleagues as the Museum of Korean American Heritage donated PPE to St. Mary's Hospital for Children.
On October 24, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein and Senator John C. Liu co-sponsored a PPE Giveaway at North Shore Towers.
On October 24, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein co-hosted an e-waste recycling event at Saint Anastasia Church, in conjunction with the Lower East Side Ecology Center.
On October 20, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein met with Sacred Heart Girl Scout Troop 4022 in Crocheron Park.
On October 6, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein attended the 109th Precinct's National Night Out in Flushing.
On October 2, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein joined the Korean American Family Service Center at its 23rd Annual Rally Against Domestic Violence - "Break the Silence, End the Violence."
On September 23, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein joined his colleagues in celebrating the 150th Anniversary of St. Mary's Hospital for Children.
On September 2, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein attended the 105th Precinct's walk with Commanding Officer Inspector Neteis Gilbert in Glen Oaks.
On August 12, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein met with Korean American Civic Empowerment (KACE) Grassroots interns.
On August 11, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein attended a press conference held by Acting Queens Borough President Sharon Lee criticizing Con Edison's response to damage caused by Tropical Storm Isaias.
On August 6, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein donated blood at his office’s 8th Annual Summer Blood Drive at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center.
On July 9, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein joined Community Board 11, Senator John Liu, Council Member Paul Vallone, the Bayside Village Business Improvement District, and the 111th Precinct, in celebrating the expansion of outdoor dining on Bell Boulevard.
On May 14, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein donated hand sanitizer and face masks to Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc. in Bayside.
On May 4, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein assisted Commonpoint Queens in delivering meals to some of his constituents. Commonpoint has been a vital resource to Northeast Queens by providing tens of thousands of meals to seniors who are unable to leave their homes during the pandemic.
On April 30, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein visited Fort Totten to provide a bagel breakfast to the EMS workers based there who came from all over the country to assist New York City during the pandemic.
On April 30, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein visited the 111th Precinct.
On March 6, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein attended the Queens Council on Developmental Disabilities Annual Legislative Breakfast.
On March 5, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein met with Queens Medical Society physicians in Albany during the Medical Society of the State of New York Physician Advocacy Day
On March 1, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein joined Commonpoint Queens for the Final Video Presentation of their "Names Not Numbers" project. Thanks to Commonpoint Queens and the student participants, the stories of these Holocaust survivors from our community will never be forgotten.
On February 28, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein met with Captain John Portalatin, the new Commanding Officer of the 111th Precinct.
On February 26, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein and members of the Queens Assembly Delegation met with representatives from LaGuardia Community College.
On February 26, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein met in Albany with the Lexington School for the Deaf.
On February 14, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein distributing gifts from the 24th Annual Valentines for Vets Gift Drive at the St. Albans VA Community Living Center with his staff and students and faculty from Benjamin N. Cardozo High School.
On February 12, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein met in Albany with members of CWA 1104, SUNY Graduate Student Employees Union.
On February 6, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein attended the 10th Anniversary Celebration of Success Luncheon for Transitional Services for New York's Turn The Page...Again! bookstore in Bayside.
On February 2, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein attended the Queens Jewish Community Council’s Annual Legislative Breakfast.
On January 30, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein attended the Taiwan Center's Lunar New Year Gathering.
On January 27, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein celebrated the Year of the Rat at the Flushing Chinese Business Association / Korean American Association of Queens Lunar New Year Parade in Flushing.
On January 24, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein attended JHS 189’s 10th Annual Lunar New Year Respect For All International Festival.
On January 11, 2020, Assemblyman Braunstein attended the grand opening of Alley Pond Environmental Center’s temporary headquarters.
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caption: 'August 20, 2020<br />Assemblymember Braunstein, Chair of the Committee on Cities, questions John Rhodes, Chairman, NYS Public Service Commission, Thomas Congdon, Executive Deputy and Deputy Chair, NYS Department of Public Service and Kevin Wisely, Director, NYS Department of Public Service Office of Resilience and Emergency Preparedness during a virtual joint legislative public hearing examining power and communication failures during Tropical Storm Isaias.',
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Public Hearing Examining Power and Communication Failures During Tropical Storm Isaias
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Public Hearing on COVID-19 Impact on Hospitals in New York
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2020 Joint Budget Hearing on Health
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caption: 'January 28, 2020<br />Assemblymember Braunstein questions Patrick Foye, Chairman and CEO, Janno Lieber, Chief Development Officer and Robert Foran, Chief Financial Officer Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), on the Queens bus redesign program during a joint Assembly-Senate budget hearing on transportation.<br /> ',
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Queens Bus Redesign
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caption: 'February 28, 2019<br />"This new law sends a message to anybody who's thinking about distributing revenge porn or disseminating revenge porn that if they are caught there is a possibility that they may spend a year in prison. This will have a deterring effect on people engaging in this kind of activity and it will protect victims throughout the state from suffering the devastating effects," said Assemblyman Braunstein while discussing his legislation to ban revenge porn and help ensure victims can receive a court order to have an intimate image permanently removed from the internet (<a href=\"https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A05981&term=2019&Summary=Y\">A. 5981</a>).',
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Braunstein Fights to End Revenge Porn
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caption: 'February 28, 2019<br />"Today the State of New York is taking a strong stand that revenge porn will no longer be tolerated in our state. Victims of revenge porn are frequently harassed, stalked…they have a hard time sometimes finding a job, sometimes entering into new relationships, they suffer extreme emotional distress and even sometimes commit suicides," said Assemblyman Edward Braunstein Sponsor of bill <a href=\"https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A05981&term=2019&Summary=Y\">A. 5981</a>, which would criminalize the unlawful dissemination or publication of intimate images.<br /> ',
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Braunstein Champions Legislation Against Revenge Porn
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Braunstein Fights for Education Funding and Property Tax Reform.
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caption: 'January 29, 2019<br />"Now we have an opportunity to petition a court – whether it's a family member, whether it's law enforcement, whether it's a school official – to have firearms taken away from individuals who exhibit this kind of behavior. This will make our communities safer," said Assemblyman Braunstein, discussing legislation he helped pass to allow courts to issue an extreme risk protection order (ERPO) and prohibit a person who is determined to be a threat to themselves or others from purchasing or possessing a firearm (<a href=\"https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?leg_video=&bn=2689&term=2019&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A.2689</a>).<br /> ',
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Braunstein Fights to Keep Guns Out of Dangerous Hands
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caption: 'March 13, 2018<br />"As Queens is known as the borough of immigrants, Regent Chin's personal background also makes her an ideal candidate. Her story as a first-generation Chinese immigrant, who attended New York City public schools, provides her with an understanding of the many challenges newly arriving New Yorkers face when navigating our education system," said Assemblyman Edward Braunstein while participating in a joint session of the NYS Assembly and NYS Senate to elect the Regents.<br /> ',
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Braunstein Nominates Chin to State Regents Board
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caption: 'April 6, 2017<br />"The Executive proposal included a provision that would redirect 27 million dollars of federal Title 20 funding to be used for child care purposes. While that's a laudable goal, such redirection of funding would have caused the closure of 65 senior centers in New York City. Through the hard work of the Speaker, and the chairs of our Aging Committee and the Children and Families Committee, we were able to fight to keep that money going for senior center purposes in the city of New York, as well as do our best to increase child care funding," said Assemblyman Braunstein as he explained his vote on the state Budget (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?bn=A03003&term=2017\">A-3003D</a>)<br /> ',
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Caring For Our Most Vulnerable Citizens
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Introducing Small Business Advocates
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caption: 'June 17, 2016<br />"Over time, as assessments continue to rise, more and more co-op units has fallen out of the program. This bill would increase the assessment value from thirty to thirty-two and tie it to an index so it'll can keep increasing over the years to keep units from falling out of the program," said Assemblyman Braunstein in support of legislation that relates to the eligibility of J-51 tax abatements to reflect cost of living adjustments. <a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A10651&term=2015&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">(A.10651)</a><br /> ',
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Capitol Improvement Tax Abatement Program
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Consul General of the Republic of Korea in New York
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Fighting for Tax Reform & Property Tax
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Strengthening College Campus Safety
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2014-2015 Assembly Budget Resolution
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Tax Abatement Bill
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Assemblyman Braunstein on EPIC restorations
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Standing up for Co-Op Owners